Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers — again

The MyQ garage door controller is an accessory that can connect Chamberlain Group garage door openers to the MyQ app. The MyQ platform used to support more smart home integrations, but has increasingly become focused on those that require subscriptions.

Garage door opener manufacturer The Chamberlain Group has launched a new version of the communication platform that powers its connected garage door openers – and it’s bad news for smart home users.

The new Security+ 3.0 platform, launching alongside Chamberlain’s latest openers, shuts down the workarounds that third-party accessory makers such as Tailwind, Meross, and Ratgdo developed to let you integrate your garage door with Apple Home, Home Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and others.

Instead, you’re pushed into Chamberlain’s ad-stuffed MyQ app and a short list of partners and integrations, nearly all of which require paid subsc …

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